St. Louis-based Celtic Painting has agreed to pay $3,000 to settle a state lawsuit accusing the house-painting company of violating waste-management regulations, according to the office of Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.

Celtic Painting could be required to pay more than…

According to Koster's office, the dealerships issued temporary tags to cars that shouldn't have been on the road — but not to this particular jalopy.

UPDATED 11:50 a.m., Nov. 20 with clarification from Attorney General’s Office. See second and third grafs.

Several…

The trade group representing brokers of extended auto-service contracts today released a 20-page Standards of Conduct guide that prohibits many of the deceptive marketing practices that, according to consumer groups and regulators, have become synonymous with the industry.

The group, called the…

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office announced today that it has filed suits against six companies selling extended auto-service contracts and alleged that the firms, all located in suburban St. Louis, tricked consumers into buying so-called “extended warranties” through unfair…

Reporters being summoned to press conferences in Kansas City and St. Louis tomorrow are told that Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster will announce new enforcement actions his office is taking against companies selling extended auto-service contracts.

Nanci Gonder, a spokeswoman for…

An area locksmith technician is facing federal fraud charges stemming from alleged overcharging by Clearwater, Fla.-based Dependable Locks, which manages a network of at least 100 locksmiths operating in cities nationwide, including St. Louis.

The allegations, which were reported yesterday in…

Attorney General Chris Koster today sued a wealthy Missouri developer and two Florida companies for allegedly calling Missouri consumers whose numbers are listed on the state’s do-not-call registry.

In a press release, Koster’s office said the companies — Summer Bay Sales &…

A California couple will pay $35,000 to settle a suit alleging their companies — Smart Funding Corporation and Ariant Solutions — cold-called Missourians who had registered their phone numbers on the Do-Not-Call Registry, Attorney General Chris Koster’s office announced Wednesday.

Madhulika and…

UPDATED at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to include more from legal settlement.

Two St. Louis-area telemarketers will pay Missouri a total of $35,000 for violating the state’s no-call law, officials announced today.

As reported in this blog in May, Missouri Attorney General Chris…

Twenty-three state attorneys general — including Missouri’s Chris Koster and Illinois’ Lisa Madigan — said that the proposed the Consumer Financial Protection Agency would provide a “vital” consumer safeguard against abuses by financial services companies, according to a Aug. 17…